Gender and salary. Consider the display in Figure 23 of median salaries of males and females in recent years.

a. What story does the graph convey?

b. Redraw the graph as a multiple (two) line chart. Briefly discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the two different representations of this particular data set.

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Median Salary Median Salary, by Gender $45,000 $40,000 Male Female $35,000 $30,000 $25,000 $20,000 $15,000 $10,000 $5,000 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Year